Combined cape and hat protector



April 26 1927.

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A. Z'Lane Patent Apr. 26, 1927.

ALEXIS '1. LANE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED CAPE AND HAT PROTECTOR.

Application filed May 25,

This invention relates to a combined cape and hat protector and thegeneral object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive,substantially waterproof cape and hat protector which may be sold atnewsta-nds, in railway terminals, subway and elevated platform stands,,-drugstores, cigar. stores,'etc., to those who arecaught in the rain andare not provided with an umbrella or other means to protect them fromthe rain.

One of the .objects of the invention is to provide a paper cape whichmay be readily and quickly applied about the body and closed and whichwill be so constructed as to efl'ectually protect the wearer and theclothing from the rain or snow, and which will be so cheap tomanufacture as to warrant its being discarded after it has served itspurpose as a temporary protection.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in connection with thecape, a novel construction of hat protector which may be arranged toextend over the head of the wearer of the cape and effectually excluderain from the hat. as well as to an extent, from the face of the-wearerof the cape, and in this connection, the invention contemplates meansfor retaining the hat protector member in active position, which meanswill permit of adjustment of the said protector member to suit theconvenience of the purchaser of the article and likewise in accordancewith the shape and size of the hat.

Anotherobject of the inventlon 1s to provide novel means for increasingthe efliciency of the article as a protector for the clothing, at theshoulder portions thereof.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating the combined cape and hatprotector embodying the invention and the manner in which the same is tobe worn.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the article removed and showing thehat protecting member in the position which it will'ini tially occupy,

Figure 3 1s a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3of Figure 2,

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Q Figure ,5 1s a transverse vertical sectional view taken substantiallyon the line 5-5 ofFi ure 1, lookingin the direction indicated y thearrows, and illustrating more 1926. Serial No. 111503.

particularly the means for adjustably securing the hat protectingmember.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the blank of which the hat protecting memberis formed. Flgure 7 is a detail horizontal sectional.

view taken substantially on the line 77 of Figure 1, looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows.

Figure 8 is a plan view of another blank constituting a part of thearticle.

The article embodying the invention is preferably made. of paraiiined orother waterproof paper capable of resisting the penetration of water fora reasonable period oftimeand the same comprises a cape which islndicated in general by the numeral 1 and does not difi'er in itsgeneral shape from any ordinary cape,-and in order to protect the papeand prevent its being torn at its lower edge, 1ts lower edge portion ispreferably turned upwardly and either stitched or adheslvely united tothe body of the material to provide a hem indicated by the numeral 2,which extends continuously around the lower margin of the blank fromwhich the body of the cape is formed. The cape is open vertically at itsfront and at the opposite sides of 1ts open front the material of thecape is preferably folded and secured to provide hems 3extending at theedges of the material comprising the body of the cape at the oppositesides of theopen front, and in order that the cape ma be closed,fastening membes 4 such as are commonly employed in closing the flaps ofmanila paper envelops and the like, are permanent 1y riveted orotherwise secured to the hem 3 at one side of the open front of the capeand. eyelets 5 are riveted through the hem at the other side of the openfront of the cape, the prongs 6 of the fasteners 4 being insertedthrough the eyelets and bent in. opposite directions, as Is customary infasteners of this type. Fasteners of this type are inexpensive and, infact, it is one of the objects likewise turned back upon itself andsecured to provide a hem 8 affording a desirable degree of stiffness.

In order to reenforce the cape at the shoulder portions and to likewiseprovide additional thickness of the material at these portions so as toprevent penetration of rain water, rectangular blanks of the form shownin Figure 8 of the drawings, are folded midway between their ends andthese folded paper blanks are secured marginally in any suitable mannerto the shoulders of the body of the cape at the opposite sides of thecollar and constitute reenforcing members 9. It 1s preferable that thefold in the blank comprising each member 9 and which fal is indicated bythe numeral 10, be located outermost and that the meeting or registeringends of the blanks be extended as at 11 beneath the overturned collar 7as most clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings. Preferably,the reenforcing members 9 will extend outwardly a sufficient distance tocompletely cover or extend over the shoulders.

The hat protecting member of the article is indicated in general by thenumeral 12 and the same is preferably formed from a paper blank of themarginal contour shown in Figure 6 of the drawings. The member is ofconsiderable width throughout its intermediate portion and is graduallydecreased in width so as to provide somewhat narrower end portionsindicated by the numeral 13. These end portions are folded back uponthemselves so that. the ends of the member are of two-ply construction,and one end of the member is permanently secured, as for example bystapling or riveting, as indicated by the numeral 14:, to the capeimmediately adjacent. one side of the collar thereof. At its oppositeend portion, the hat protecting member 12 is provided with a pluralityof eyelets which are preferably riveted through the two plies of themember at the said end and which eyelets 15 are arranged in a seriesextending longitudinally of the end portion of the member. A fastener16, somewhat similar in construction to the fastener 4;, is riveted orotherwise permanently through the shoulder reenforcement 9 and throughthe shoulder portion of the body of the cape at the other side of thecollar 7 and has its prongs 17 selectively engageable through theeyelets 15, as clearly shown in Figure 5, so that the effective lengthof the protecting member 12 may be varied, it being observed byreference to Figure 1, that the said member 12 is extended over the headof the wearer of the cape so as to completely cover the hat and thismember will preferably be made of heavy paper or paper possessing adegree of stiffness sufficient to adapt the member to maintain its shapewhen arranged as shown in the said figure. WVhen so arranged, the

member will provide a hood extending completely over the wearershead andhis hat and due to' the fact that the member is of considerable width atits intermediate porti'r n, it 'will serve also to prevent rain drivingin the wearers face.

.The cape may be made of any length desired but will preferably reach tothe waistline or to the hips so that the wearers coat will be protectedfrom rain.

As the article is intended for only temporary or emergency use and is ofpaper and, therefore, of inexpensive material, it may be folded tocompact form and quite a number of the articles stored in acomparatively small space. It will also be evident that the cape may bereadily put on and fastened at the front and the hat protecting memberreadily adjusted, this latter member initially preferably being drapedat one side of the cape, as shown in Figure 2.

W'hile, as herein shown and described, the cape embodying the inventionmay be formed from a single integral blank, it will be understood, ofcourse, that, if desired, the cape may be constructed of severalsuitably formed blanks united by overlapping seams secured together bymeans of metal fasteners of any suitable type.

Having thus described the invention, what Iclaim is:

The combination with a cape having shoulder portions, of a hatprotecting member comprising a flexible sheet. body having a relativelywide intermediate portion and narrower end portions, one of the said'endportions being permanently connected with one of the shoulder portion;of the cape, and coacting means upon the other end portion of the saidmember and the other shoulder portion of the cape for adjustablyconnecting the parts together. i

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

- ALEXIS T. LANE. [11.8.1

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